Author: peterdekuster

You need a quest to wake up in the morning and enough money to sleep at night. More than 10 years ago, Peter started rewriting traditional stories stories of retirement with his groundbreaking Passion Never Retires story. He changed the story about retirement from one focused solely on money on a certain date to one…

What is the best thing that I love about my work?After working as an art director/graphic designer for a number of years, I love being able to create what I like without worrying about pleasing others. I keep my favorite anonymous quote in my studio – “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I have always loved books, and especially the stories you can find in them. So, when I discovered as a very young girl, that they were invented by real people, I thought: “This is exactly what I’m here to do.” Many years later, I’m…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? It’s something I’ve dreamt of all my life. To finally have a profession that I can let my creativity go wild is awesome but I think my favorite part will always be the sketching. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Sharing this adventure and joy…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I can make of every day a unique day. Sometimes, when I drive back home, maybe late at night, I have that exciting feeling of having reached a goal. Those times I’m just aware of being on the right path, of sharing with the…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Blocking the moment i shoot the photos, and reviewing the photos i did some years after. Priceless. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Live easy and not to be worried about money. What is my greatest fear? Lose the people i love again….

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The Freedom of Expression in Art What is my idea of perfect happiness? Being at peace with the people around you. What is my greatest fear? Losing a member of the family What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? Being a…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? What I prefer in writing is to communicate feelings with people you’ll never see. It’s like a connexion between humans, all around a story which existed only in my imagination. What is my idea of perfect happiness? « Perfect happiness » is a pleonasm….

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Drawing. Is the only place where (sometimes), I feel free and happy. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Cooking in my home with my best friends. I know, it’s a very normal wish. What is my greatest fear? Making something that causes trouble for my wife, my sisters, my friends….

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I do two jobs, both born of passion: the writer and the counsellor. In common they have stories, lived stories, everyday stories, invented stories, of illusion and fantasy, dream stories. Stories cross my work and all have in themselves feelings, emotions, pains and joys,…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Painting involves my body and my brain, it’s a trip through my story. When I paint I become a mirror between reality and my sub-conscious. What is my idea of perfect happiness? An empty beach with warm bright water What is my greatest fear? Not to be able to talk…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The actors. They are raw material, a clay that needs modeling, it’s fascinating. They have no limit, they are constantly looking for the best possible way to express their feelings and emotions. Working with them allows me to broaden day after day my emotional repertoire, they…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? What is my idea of perfect happiness? The thing I like the most is that it’s a continous research, a perpetual exploring and learning new and different things, aware that one only life isn’ t sufficient. What is my greatest fear? It’s that I…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The best thing I love about my work as an artist is the subconscious energy that flows from within my soul creating hundreds of mesmerising connections. The lines and patterns expressed in my paintings have become my trademark. What is my idea of perfect…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The thing I love the most about my work is being immersed so deeply in the process because it is so pleasurable that I lose track of time. The sheer joy of allowing emotions to pour through into my work releases them from me…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love to use my vision for building up a project What is my idea of perfect happiness? A perfect project What is my greatest fear? That people will not understand my vision What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? My radicality Which living persons…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The fact that my work is my calling. Everything I do in my life is part of the inspiration for my creation, so my life is my work. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Now. The time I’m living right now! What is…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The best thing about my work is the rejuvenating, young and creative energy that surrounds me through my projects/clients and lastly through passing knowledge to my students! The journey of existence, soul searching and creation is one and the same for me. My work challenges…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Promoting the art of my artist Steve Otis in the best ways possible. Having the freedom of creating new projects, experimenting ideas and seeking for potentials associations or participations to events that will be unique and rewarding for the artist, the participants/clients and the manager!…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love the fact that I can be part of so many people’s professional and personal growth path. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Going through challenging and difficult situations in life to gain a new perspective on how I see the world. What…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Since I started painting when I was a little girl, it brought me great interests and joy. Moreover, it gives me strength, inner peace, emotion and confidence. I enjoy using rich and bright colors on various geometric shapes to create my own magic colorful…

What’s the best thing I love about my job? Research. Above all, the search to find it … What is my idea of ​​perfect happiness? A table set for the whole day with good food and good wine, where guests and stories alternate to the bitter end … What is the trait that I deplore…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love so much have a really big space for my creativity. Art & poetry give me power to externalize my soul & experiences of life. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Happiness comes from the simple things of life, a sunset with those…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The freedom to create. Feel what vibrates around you, visible or invisible, capture the light and intelligence, try to transmit it . As an actress and singer or as an author on stage, I like to feel the presence of an audience with whom I…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Practice, paint without thinking about the final result. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Is simple…step by step, painting, drinking a beer and making love. What is my greatest fear? Right now I’m not afraid, maybe I’m afraid of boredom. What is the…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The thing that I love most about my job are my writers, their personalities, their emotions, their dreams, and these dreams I love the privilege to contribute to their achievement. La cosa che amo di più del mio lavoro sono i miei scrittori, le loro…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Changing the world into a better place by opening up people’s mindset, by being a role model, and by creating pieces of art What is my idea of perfect happiness? Health, love, wealth, time What is my greatest fear? Violence, stagnation, dehumanization, or natural…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Working with ambitious people on a daily base What is my idea of perfect happiness? That your work is your hobby What is my greatest fear? None, fear is stopping your creativity, get rid of it What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? Juggling too…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? First of all, writing is reading, learning, feeding the curiosity. And then writing is creation. And this, beside family, of course, means being alive for me. What is my idea of perfect happiness? A good chat – which sometimes can be a good book…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love that I get to combine all parts of myself into something that is both deeply creative and highly impactful and inspirational. I run by business and do most parts of it, hiring talent when I need support with specific areas, so it keeps…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? To watch extraordinary cocoons (students and clients) transform into an even more extraordinary butterflies (professionals) ready to fly and take on the world! (by becoming extraordinary and conscious business leaders). What is my idea of perfect happiness? I believe happiness is not something to be…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The time before, during and after writing : writing is in my mind all the time in my life, even when I’m not with my computer or a notebook. I love to bring with me, in my head, my characters ! And sharing, with people who…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? That it provokes emotion to people when they view it. It has inspired many people, young and old to follow their own paths in the arts. What is my idea of perfect happiness? To always have my family and friends, continue creating art and…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love being a curator because I love thinking about what I’d like to see around. Also, my work allows me to meet people who can create beautiful things and when they are able to share them with the public, thanks to my work, I…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I’m not sure there are many other careers out there where it’s possible to get such a clear and irrefutable reflection of both my impact, and who I am, while also getting to partner with someone else in learning the same thing about themselves. To…

The thing I love most about my job is the opportunity to share a choice of energy and to give it to others, living honestly what you are and putting real feelings and emotions at the service of a character. My idea of perfect happiness is to share joy and effort with those who know…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Creating and playing with shapes and colours, challenging myself and my boundaries and taste. Always try to create something better than before to visualize. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Being positive and keep being positive no matter what surrounds me. Staying in balance with…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love how you can take it in at a distance and appreciate the larger image, and then get up really close to it and see the amount of work put into a piece. I really like how anyone can look at it and see…

What is the best thing I love about my work? The creativity, the remoteness, the ability to take an idea and transfer it onto the page. Ever since I discovered my passion for writing, I’ve intertwined a touch of wit, a touch of inspiration, and words that come straight from my heart. I look so forward…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? ​The thing I love most about my work is the flexibility and freedom. I can do whatever I want with my business! I can do it where, when, and with whom I want. So I get to work doing what I love and spend time…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Surely the pleasure of acting in a fullness that does not give room to time to flow. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Happiness is being more and more keen on yourself and acting accordingly. What is my greatest fear? Fear is losing touch with the…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The possibility to use creative and manual skills every day, to create something from nothing, and to be able to see the infinite shades of colors that surround us. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Sitting on a lake shore at sunrise, observing…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? As an actress, leaving my reality aside and step into a different world of another person – then to become this person and make their world mine. As a writer, creating stories that make people think and feel, entertain, affect them and surprise them. What…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The freedom. The creativity. The ability to use my imagination for something productive at last (I was the kid that imagined monsters and creatures and fantastical places pretty much all the time) It all started with Dr. Seuss I swear. I absolutely love watching…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love everything about my work, the best thing is that I don´t feel I´m working, I am having fun. “Creativity is intelligence having fun”. I love that I can be creative every day and I love the freedom. What is my idea of perfect…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The peaceful mode in which I can enter when I’m too tired of the world. It’s my last option and my favourite game ever. What is my idea of perfect happiness? No schedules; no “venomous” people around me; silence, beautiful colors, spring. And a sketchbook and…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The way I draw eyes and the naked female form. What is my idea of perfect happiness? A bond with someone that can never ever be broken. A trust so deep that it could shake the foundations of galaxies. That would be pure power and…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? As a visual artist, I love that I can escape reality by creating new worlds and narratives that offer the viewer the ability to open their mind, heart, and maybe even conjure up a giggle. I love the creation out of destruction aspect of…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The ability to, meet and connect with different human beings all over the world. Also , the fact that I get to express myself and hopefully inspire others. What is my idea of perfect happiness? For me, happiness not a destination it’s a road. So I…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? To begin with, my work is my passion. There’s nothing greater than finding your life’s purpose, and then having the opportunity to make that your work. Music is mine. I’m so grateful I get to use my talents and skills to make a difference…

I am a global leadership and branding coach, an improv teacher, a story-teller, a traveler and a photographer. I am a South African who is currently living in Santiago de Chile. What is it that I love about my work? As a person with many interests, my work is a smorgasbord of diverse projects –…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I guess working in what is your passion is the best thing to do. I spend a lot of my lifetime doing what I love the most, and I feel like my personality is exposed to the limit in every part of my day. The…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The best thing I love about my work is that it doesn’t feel like work at all. Plus, having the honour to be part of other people’s transformation and witnessing them living their dream! What is my idea of perfect happiness? I don’t believe…

What’s the best thing I love about my job? Freedom! The relationship with the public, the exchange of emotions with them. Being able to be someone else. Being able to tell stories to excite people. The continuous search for solutions to renew and make what I do “interesting”. Every day is a new and different…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? It has to be meeting and working with amazing men and women, and witnessing the mindblowing transformations they undergo in such a short space of time. What is my idea of perfect happiness? That’s a tough one! Perfect happiness would be feeling content in every area…

I’m a multidisciplinary artist in the fields of creative photography, a painter whose works are permanently exposed in different museums. I currently published four books of poesy and biographical tales and my fifth volume is soon publishing. What is the best thing that I love about my work? Create, being moved, feeling alive. What is…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The best thing about my work is that it doesn’t feel like “work” at all—it feels like PLAY! When I channel the inspiration for my books, I feel as if I go to an alternate dimension where the wisdom is directly downloaded. When I speak,…

What is the best thing that I love about my work?I discovered that being in business for yourself is the best self-development tool When I was growing up I had absorbed the idea that private life and career were very separate. It was immensely liberating to discover that creating your career is creating your best…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Working with amazing and I love that it can keep evolving and growing with me What is my idea of perfect happiness? Colorful stillness What is my greatest fear? Swimming in deep water What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? I…

What is the best thing you love about your work? I love that I get a chance to connect with moms around the world, find a common ground, learn about different cultures, and motivate moms to live their dreams while being a mom. I love the fact that I can explore foods, hobbies, services and bring…

The best thing I love about my work is seeing the transformation, the growth, the ‘aha moments’ and the healings that the people get when we work together. I also love that my work is always evolving and I’m transforming, growing and evolving along with it. My idea of perfect happiness is going to bed…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love the freedom to tell my own stories, to send messages through images and make connections with other human beings, and through those connections, stir up something inside them. Artists have great power. We manipulate symbols, archetypes in the collective and personal unconscious….

Best thing I love about my work: I get to put my characters in tough situations and give them a happy ending. In my YA novels, I get to be a teenager again … but many people would say I never stopped! My idea of perfect happiness: A warm, sunny day in Paris listening to…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? What i love the most about my work is that it is creative, deals with colors, shapes and form. I get to communicate with people and feelings in my work as a decorator, stylist, presenter and also sales advisor. I feel happy going to work…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love to channel my endless imagination in my works, being creative for me is like breathing, I know no other way of living. Plus, when your art touches people, makes them happy, makes them smile and dream it is such a pleasure to…

My great dream is to promote Arts. After having travelled and lived between France, Milan and Rome I have made the choice to live and come back to my native town which is Palermo. This town which recently has been declared Italian capital of culture for 2018, is in a real magic moment the perfect…

The thing that I love the most about my work is using my imagination to be someone else and trying to understand this new character. My idea of perfect happiness is when you’re at peace with yourself, doing what you love, being with the people you love. It’s all about love. My greatest fear is…

Best thing about my work: I can do it at home… I can do it anywhere. As long as I have a computer and the time to write, I’m all set. I can work late if I want to. I can sleep in if I want to. And I love not having a “boss” per…

What is the best thing about my work? The best thing about my work is that I can be myself. No mask, no pretending and I am my own boss. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Life with no boundaries, doing what I love surrounded by my friends and family. What is my greatest fear? Losing people…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The communication aspect. The fact that I have the privilege to share incredible stories to an audience. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Waking up in the morning feeling curious, hungry for life, full of love to give to others. What is my greatest…

I’m Gabriele Manca, Italian Artist based in Rotterdam, Nederlands. I decided to change my life ten years ago, dropping my studying Building Construction Engineer in favor of something that could allow me to express myself with more freedom. This is how Circus enter I my Life. Besides my many artistic interests (from painting to sculpting and…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love painting, to think Art with painting, playing with colors, to try to find the gesture in adequation with the shape, the story, the poetry. What is my idea of perfect happiness? To do my Art with a good sense of the present, in a…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love to create stories through my paintings and illustrations. To be able to show my vision of the world in one picture. And also the fact that I am free, I can choose my projects and work whenever and wherever I want. What…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The opportunity of drawing all day long, and being paid for that. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Spending time with the people I love, and working on exciting projects. What is my greatest fear? Being forced by necessity to do things that…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Surely creativity. The power to give space to art without limits and that the limits are given by the materials Cuál es la cosa que prefiero de mi trabajo? Seguramente la creatividad. El poder dar espacio al arte sin límites y que los límites sean dados por…

I’m a actor, a stuntman, a scriptwriter and a director, native of Loire-Atlantique. I leave settling down on Paris to follow during 3 years the school of dramatic art in the Florent’s school. Last year I stage my own play and realize a short movie, in which I play. I become aware of my real passion for…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? What I love most about being a top online prospecting coach and skilled sales mentor is I teach entrepreneurs how to create meaningful conversations that lead to real connections and qualified prospects, to grow a profitable business. The sad fact is… within 24 months…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? What I love most about being a brand and business strategist is getting to connect with other millennials all over the world who are trying to change how work is done and what it means to be an influencer. I am constantly inspired. What…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love that I can help teach individuals to take back control of their innate ability to heal their bodies from within, using energy and crystal healing. By learning and implementing ancient energy healing techniques, one can bring more peace and joy into their lives…

What is the best thing I love about my work? My work is fascinating. I witness the emergence of new people in my clients through their weekly writing. They are fulfilling a dream to write a book, and at the same time digging deeper into a new perspective on the stories of their life. I lead…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love coming up with a new character and watching that character grow over the course of a novel or a series. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Having my wife and kids all home enjoying each other’s company. What is my greatest…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? The freedom to express myself, my beliefs, and my journey. Knowing this creative passion has always been in me since I was a child and will continue my whole life. The connection and ability that art has to open up people’s minds and bring…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I sculpt, paint, make jewellery, photograph, write, cook and run a Bed and Breakfast and event centre in a chateau. It is never boring because I never repeat! Even if I cook, I never follow a recipe because somehow my philosophy would be to always…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I wear a lot of different hats but they ALL involve being able to Help People! Knowing that I helped them change their life for the better whether is with Life Coaching, health, wellness, personal training or Spartan Races! I inspired and/or motivated them…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love creating collective moments of joy, making people happy and showing they can be whatever they want to be if they are willing to. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Being in the beach, after a workout, knowing that the work is…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I’m a Gemini, the twins. For years I worked at only one thing. I was an ad agency creative director on the design side. In the late 1990’s I started to write as an avocation and fell in love with it. Eventually I left my…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? the chance to have my own voice and vision. The chance to have solid, solitary time to pull together the fragments of my rather fragmented personal life and make one essential story out them which would mean finding the truth that binds all those confusing…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love how the experience of looking at the painting and the action of painting elavates me to a state of detachment. How the squashy paint slowly freezes over time. How the colors vibrate and keep on living their life long after I looked…

What’s the best thing I love about my work? So many jobs, so little time. As a writer, a comedy writer, for the most part, I do love putting my funny sensibilities into my characters, as I let them live in the plots I’ve come up with. As a script/book analyst, I love helping writers…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Allowing my clients to go beyond self-doubt, unlock their super powers within and dare go for what sets their soul on fire. I believe that when everybody did what they were meant to do, this world would be a better place. Contributing to a better…

What is my biggest passion? My biggest passion is creativity, and to create value for myself and others. What is my idea of ultimate happiness? The ultimate happiness for me is when something falls into place, something I have worked for or dreamed about, which manifests itself. What is my biggest fear? My biggest fear…

What is the best thing i love about my work? The freedom of water, art, culinary and love in the most broad definition of the word.Combined in one word, creating. All goes hand in hand, as an artist, businesswoman and mother. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Keeping my freedom of independent creatorg of all, without…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? Writing. The intellectual intimacy of working one on one with other writers and the many moments of spontaneous creation. What is my idea of perfect happiness? Being fully present in whatever moment I am in, and as an added bonus dancing a really good tango on…

What is the best thing that I love about my work? For me, the best thing about being a writer, the thing I love most, is the opportunity to discover worlds beyond my conscious imagining and to be able to take those imagined worlds and translate them into words on a page. What is my…

What is my greatest passion? Making classical guitars of the highest level of sound, playability and beauty; instruments that will inspire their players for many years. What is my idea of perfect happiness? The awareness of being alive! A rich social environment to share the sweet and the bitter with, safety, freedom of speech and…